antiqueer

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adjective

Opposed to queer (non-heterosexual) people.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveantiqueer (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOpposed to queer (non-heterosexual) people.

    On the connection between antiqueer and anticommunist hysteria...

    2005, Thomas Vernon Reed, The Art of Protest
    2 more examples

    The antiqueer brigade of the Muslim Students Association fell apart before my eyes.

    2005, Irshad Manji, The Trouble with Islam Today

    While arguments that claim to identify the singular cause of antiqueer oppression can be exhilarating and compelling, they are also dangerous...

    2006, Paisley Currah, Richard M Juang, Shannon Minter, Transgender Rights

    Synonyms: antigay, antifag

nounantiqueer (plural antiqueers)

plural antiqueers

  1. uncommonOne who is opposed to queer people.

    Nothing is wrong with pederasty or prostitution; indeed the anti-queers are now using this issue as a grounds of attack. Pretending that Greek love didn't include pederasty and prostitution implicitly concedes that the moralists are right.

    1986 February 15, Charly Shively, “Erotic Poems from the Greek Anthology [review]”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page B4

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOpposed to queer (non-heterosexual) people.

Origin

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APA

antiqueer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiqueer

MLA

“antiqueer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiqueer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiqueer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiqueer.

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